You are required to read the following journal article:
Article - How Risky is Your Company? by Robert Simons HBR. May-June 1999
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You are also required to read a fictional case study based on the operations of a rapidly growing investments seminar company that will be provided to you in class and via email.
You must then prepare a risk assessment report on the investments seminar company using the Risk Exposure Calculator and specifically address:
A. Pressure points due to growth
i) pressure for performance
ii) rate of expansion
iii) inexperience of key employees
B. Pressure points due to culture
i) rewards for entrepreneurial risk taking
ii) executive resistance to bad news
iii) level of internal competition
C. Pressure points due to information management
i) transaction complexity and velocity
ii) gaps in diagnostic performance
iii) degree of decentralised decision making